Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's

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Men's Triathlon
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Triathlon pictogram.svg
Venue Triathlon Venue at the Ming Tomb Reservoir
Date19 August
Competitors55 from 31 nations
Winning time1:48:53.28
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Jan Frodeno Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Silver medal icon.svg Simon Whitfield Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Bronze medal icon.svg Bevan Docherty Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
  2004
2012  

The men's triathlon was part of the Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics programme. It was the event's third appearance, established in 2000. The competition was held on Tuesday, August 19, 2008 at the Triathlon Venue at the Ming Tomb Reservoir in Shisanling. Fifty-five triathletes from 31 nations competed.

The men's triathlon was won by Jan Frodeno of Germany with a time of 1:48:53.28. Simon Whitfield of Canada, who previously won this event in 2000, claimed the silver, while New Zealand's Bevan Docherty, silver medalist at the 2004 Athens, took the bronze. For the first time in Olympic history, two athletes had won more than a single medal in triathlon.

Competition format

The race was held over the "international distance" (also called "Olympic distance") and consisted of 1,500 metres (0.93 mi) swimming, 40 kilometres (25 mi), of road cycling, and 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) of road running. [1]

Results

Rank# [2] TriathleteSwimmingCyclingRunningTotal time*Difference
Gold medal icon.svg32Flag of Germany.svg  Jan Frodeno  (GER)18:1459:0130:461:48:53.28
Silver medal icon.svg16Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Simon Whitfield  (CAN)18:1858:5630:481:48:58.47+5.19
Bronze medal icon.svg27Flag of New Zealand.svg  Bevan Docherty  (NZL)18:2358:5130:571:49:05.59+12.31
430Flag of Spain.svg  Javier Gómez Noya  (ESP)18:0859:0631:031:49:13.92+20.64
531Flag of Spain.svg  Iván Raña  (ESP)18:2258:5231:141:49:22.03+28.75
634Flag of Germany.svg  Daniel Unger  (GER)18:2558:4931:351:49:43.78+50.50
721Flag of the United States.svg  Hunter Kemper  (USA)18:0459:0631:401:49:48.75+55.47
841Flag of Denmark.svg  Rasmus Henning  (DEN)18:1858:5731:481:49:57.47+1:04.19
926Flag of Russia.svg  Igor Sysoyev  (RUS)18:0259:1531:411:49:59.38+1:06.10
1038Flag of France.svg  Frédéric Belaubre  (FRA)18:0359:1131:481:50:00.30+1:07.02
1111Flag of Australia.svg  Courtney Atkinson  (AUS)18:0659:0832:001:50:10.02+1:16.74
1235Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Alistair Brownlee  (GBR)18:1159:0532:071:50:19.62+1:26.34
1318Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Axel Zeebroek  (BEL)18:3057:4833:151:50:30.90+1:37.62
1436Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  William Clarke  (GBR)18:5358:2332:181:50:32.07+1:38.79
1533Flag of Germany.svg  Christian Prochnow  (GER)18:2358:5632:211:50:33.90+1:40.62
1612Flag of Australia.svg  Brad Kahlefeldt  (AUS)18:1758:5632:261:50:36.00+1:42.72
1754Flag of Portugal.svg  Bruno Pais  (POR)18:2858:4732:321:50:40.22+1:46.94
1823Flag of the United States.svg  Jarrod Shoemaker  (USA)18:1959:0332:271:50:46.39+1:53.11
1944Flag of Switzerland.svg  Olivier Marceau  (SUI)18:5558:1832:371:50:50.07+1:56.79
2042Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Filip Ospaly  (CZE)18:1758:5632:411:50:53.69+2:00.41
2152Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Danylo Sapunov  (KAZ)18:1159:0532:421:50:58.98+2:05.70
2225Flag of Russia.svg  Dmitry Polyanski  (RUS)18:1559:0732:531:51:11.61+2:18.33
2345Flag of Switzerland.svg  Sven Riederer  (SUI)18:1458:5233:111:51:19.45+2:26.17
2424Flag of Russia.svg  Alexander Brukhankov  (RUS)18:1059:0833:011:51:22.59+2:29.31
2555Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Dirk Bockel  (LUX)18:2657:5234:191:51:31.01+2:37.73
268Flag of Brazil.svg  Juraci Moreira  (BRA)18:2458:5033:221:51:35.57+2:42.29
2717Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Peter Croes  (BEL)18:2658:5133:251:51:40.94+2:47.66
2815Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Paul Tichelaar  (CAN)18:2458:5133:341:51:46.81+2:53.53
2943Flag of Switzerland.svg  Reto Hug  (SUI)18:5558:2033:531:52:04.93+3:11.65
306Flag of Japan.svg  Ryosuke Yamamoto  (JPN)18:2758:5333:561:52:11.98+3:18.70
312Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Sander Berk  (NED)18:1359:0633:571:52:18.09+3:24.81
3222Flag of the United States.svg  Matthew Reed  (USA)18:2558:4834:191:52:30.44+3:37.16
3310Flag of Italy.svg  Daniel Fontana  (ITA)18:2258:5534:261:52:39.21+3:45.93
3429Flag of New Zealand.svg  Shane Reed  (NZL)18:0059:1934:341:52:48.16+3:54.88
3519Flag of Ukraine.svg  Volodymyr Polikarpenko  (UKR)18:2358:5834:321:52:51.74+3:58.46
3640Flag of France.svg  Laurent Vidal  (FRA)18:4958:2434:511:53:02.79+4:09.51
377Flag of Brazil.svg  Reinaldo Colucci  (BRA)18:5258:2834:561:53:13.94+4:20.66
3847Flag of Austria.svg  Simon Agoston  (AUT)18:2059:0035:021:53:23.98+4:30.70
3928Flag of New Zealand.svg  Kris Gemmell  (NZL)18:4158:3435:421:53:49.47+4:56.19
409Flag of Italy.svg  Emilio D'Aquino  (ITA)18:2258:5635:431:53:58.22+5:04.94
414Flag of Estonia.svg  Marko Albert  (EST)18:0959:1235:541:54:13.58+5:20.30
4220Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Chris Felgate  (ZIM)18:2159:0036:091:54:31.61+5:38.33
4350Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Daniel Lee Chi Wo  (HKG)18:5458:2436:221:54:40.78+5:47.50
443Flag of Mexico.svg  Francisco Serrano  (MEX)18:5658:0836:421:54:46.09+5:52.81
4553Flag of Portugal.svg  Duarte Marques  (POR)18:2059:0636:471:55:06.57+6:13.29
4656Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Wang Daqing  (CHN)18:0659:1537:171:55:41.87+6:48.59
4751Flag of Hungary.svg  Csaba Kuttor  (HUN)18:0959:1337:271:55:53.38+7:00.10
485Flag of Japan.svg  Hirokatsu Tayama  (JPN)18:0459:1237:581:56:13.68+7:20.40
4948Flag of Syria.svg  Omar Tayara  (SYR)18:2358:5638:191:56:40.54+7:47.26
5014Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Colin Jenkins  (CAN)18:1258:5938:391:56:50.85+7:57.57
39Flag of France.svg  Tony Moulai  (FRA)18:2758:49Did not finish
37Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Tim Don  (GBR)18:54LAP
49Flag of Poland.svg  Marek Jaskolka  (POL)18:55LAP
1Flag of Ukraine.svg  Andriy Glushchenko  (UKR)18:59LAP
46Flag of Slovakia.svg  Pavel Šimko  (SVK)Did not finish

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